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# Wan 3.0

Alibaba Cloud (Tongyi Lab), Wan family. Status: current. Type: video generation. Released: 2026-08-24.

## How to call it

| Provider | Model id | Endpoint | Docs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alibaba Cloud Model Studio (DashScope) | `wan3.0-video` | https://{WorkspaceId}.ap-southeast-1.maas.aliyuncs.com/api/v1/services/aigc/video-generation/video-synthesis | https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio/wan3-video-generation-guide |
| Alibaba Cloud Model Studio (faster Prime tier) | `wan3.0-video-prime` |  | https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio/wan3-video-generation-guide |
| Qwen Cloud | `wan3.0-video` |  | https://www.qwencloud.com/models/wan3.0-video |
| OpenRouter | `alibaba/wan-3.0` |  |  |
| OpenRouter (Prime) | `alibaba/wan-3.0-prime` |  |  |

## Pricing

- Per second 480p: $0.05
- Per second 720p: $0.10
- Per second 1080p: $0.20
- Unit as published: USD per second, Singapore (International) region list price for wan3.0-video, with a limited-time 30% discount shown; other regions 0.041/0.083/0.165 per s. Prime (faster) variant wan3.0-video-prime 0.068/0.14/0.28 per s in Singapore. Input + output video duration both billed; failed requests free
- Source: https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio/model-pricing
- Last checked: 2026-10-25

## Specs

- Input: text, image, video, audio, pdf
- Output: video, audio
- Context window: not published
- Max output: not published
- Open weights: no
- Licence: proprietary

## Where it stands

- Newer video generation models in the registry since its release: 5:
  - FLUX 3 Max (2026-10-19) https://postcutoff.com/m/flux-3-max/
  - Kling 4.0 (and 4.0 Flash) (2026-10-15) https://postcutoff.com/m/kling-4-0/
  - Tavus Griffin (Human Interaction Model) (2026-10-01) https://postcutoff.com/m/tavus-griffin/
  - HeyGen Video 1 (2026-09-30) https://postcutoff.com/m/heygen-video-1/
  - Utopai X (2026-09-30) https://postcutoff.com/m/utopai-x/
- Closed weights; access is hosted only.

## What stands out

- 30-second single-pass clips with native audio: Up to 30 s per generation (2-30 s or smart duration) at up to 1080P, with dialogue, music and sound effects generated together; double Wan 2.7's 15 s limit. Source: https://www.alibabacloud.com/en/news/product/video-generation-model-wan30-officially-launched-nsb
- Documents and web pages as input (first): Besides text, images, video and audio, one request can take a file (pdf, docx, pptx, xlsx, txt, md) or a public web link as source material for the video. Source: https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio/wan3-video-generation-guide
- Multi-reference generation and editing: Up to 20 references per request (10 images, 5 videos, 5 audio clips, 15 s total each for video/audio), plus first/last-frame modes and editing of an existing generation. Source: https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio/wan3-video-generation-guide

## Notes

Artificial Analysis text-to-video leaderboard (read 2026-10-25): #1, Elo 1175; AA price 12.00 USD per minute of 1080p (= 0.20/s). Public beta from early Aug 2026 (application-based), GA on Model Studio 2026-08-24 (CNY 0.3/0.6/1.2 per s for 480P/720P/1080P). Prime has the same capabilities as standard, only faster and pricier (Alibaba blog 2026-10-07). Async API: create task with X-DashScope-Async: enable, poll /api/v1/tasks/{task_id}; host is region-specific. Closed weights (Wan 2.2 was the last open-weight Wan flagship). Alibaba says audio texture and in-video text accuracy still need work. 'first: true' for document input is Alibaba's framing, not independently checked. No timeline entry exists yet.

Alibaba's closed Wan 3.0 video model: up to 30 s, 1080P, native audio, inputs from text, images, video, audio, documents and web pages. Asynchronous DashScope API (create a task, then poll by task_id; result URLs expire after 24 h).

Artificial Analysis text-to-video (with audio) leaderboard, read 2026-10-25: rank 1, Elo 1175 (https://artificialanalysis.ai/video/leaderboard/text-to-video).

Sources: https://www.alibabacloud.com/en/news/product/video-generation-model-wan30-officially-launched-nsb · https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio/wan3-video-generation-guide · https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio/model-pricing · https://www.alibabacloud.com/blog/603618 · https://www.alizila.com/alibaba-unveils-wan3-0-with-twice-as-long-video-outputs-from-a-richer-variety-of-inputs/ · https://thenextweb.com/news/alibaba-wan3-video-model-after-share-sale

Model page: https://postcutoff.com/m/wan-3-0/